Royal Oak Twp. man charged with attempted murder at motel

A Royal Oak Township man threw his girlfriend out of a third-story motel window as police say she begged for mercy before dropping 20 feet and landing in a parking lot.

The man then went down to the parking lot and slapped the woman several times before returning to his room, police said.

Bobby McKenzie, 51, was arraigned Tuesday before Oak Park 45B District Judge Michelle Friedman-Appel on a charge of attempted murder and jailed on $750,000 bond.

Oakland County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chad Allan said the suspect had been arguing with his 47-year-old girlfriend in their room at the Royal Inn, 10900 W. Eight Mile Road in Royal Oak Township, when he forced her out of the window.

Other residents at the motel heard a commotion shortly after 9 p.m. Friday. Some witnesses leaned out their room windows as the woman repeatedly pleaded with the man to spare her life.